An Australian businessman has unleashed a vile rant online about an “expensive, overpriced” New Zealand and “vicious” Auckland. Paul Pluta, also known as Archie Luxury, told his more than 35,000 YouTube followers he was in Auckland for work.

“Beautiful sunny gorgeous Auckland,” he said sarcastically. “This is a mean place to be. I mean not only is the weather f***ing awful, it’s cold, it’s damp, it’s wet. I don’t know why anyone would want to come here?”

He carried on his more-than-five-minute-long rant by saying Auckland was “vicious and savage”

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Poisoning the tourists

TRIBUTARIES THAT FLOW INTO THE BLUE POOLS & LAKE WANAKA HAVE BEEN POISONED WITH 1080 – NO SIGNS OUT & HORRIFIED TOURISTS OBLIVIOUS TO RISKS OF SWIMMING & INGESTING THE WATER

Prime Minister of New Zealand says the government is still hearing from employers struggling to find workers because too many New Zealanders are failing drug tests, and this is the reason why inward migration is needed in real middle earth.

Prime Minister of New Zealand says the government is still hearing from employers struggling to find workers because too many New Zealanders are failing drug tests, and this is the reason why inward migration is needed in real middle earth.

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“sexnapped” in Auckland for bizarre gang rape

Young woman kidnapped, sexually violated, beaten with a hammer and left for dead

“Prosecutors say the victim was pulled off an Auckland road and subjected to a long attack in a basement before being driven to Dome Valley where she was beaten with a hammer and left for dead.”

Singapore is eyeing Ohakea air base in Manawatu as a potential base for one of its own Air Force squadrons of F15 fighter jets.

Up to 500 people would be stationed in or near the base in the region.

Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee confirmed that the Singapore Government in undertaking a feasibility study to determine what the move would entail, including housing and education needs of family.

WHY WOULD SINGAPORE PAY A HOST COUNTRY THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST SINGAPOREANS LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND?

Kiwis who worked in Singapore, e.g. their ex-Prime Minister John Key, collect their TAX-FREE CPF savings in full but the New Zealand government taxes the CPF Savings of Singaporeans 100% !

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WHY WOULD SINGAPORE PAY A HOST COUNTRY THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST SINGAPOREANS LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND? - SINGAPOREANS ARE NOT WELCOME as "Hosting fighter jets tantamount to painting a target on Ohakea".

The Auckland-sized island state of Singapore has amassed such an arsenal of planes and ships and other military hardware over the years that it needs offshore playgrounds to unwrap and play with its deadly toys.

Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen joked in a speech that, given Singapore's tiny size, and the 90km/h top speed of their armoured infantry carriers, that at home, "a training exercise might be finished in 15 minutes".

So they train in Taiwan, the United States, India, Australia, New Zealand and assorted other countries, with permanent air force bases in France, the United States and Western Australia.

Now they're sizing up the New Zealand Air Force base at Ohakea in the Manawatu to house a squadron of F-15 fighter jets.

WHY WOULD SINGAPORE PAY A HOST COUNTRY THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST SINGAPOREANS LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND? - SINGAPOREANS ARE NOT WELCOME as "Hosting fighter jets tantamount to painting a target on Ohakea".

The Auckland-sized island state of Singapore has amassed such an arsenal of planes and ships and other military hardware over the years that it needs offshore playgrounds to unwrap and play with its deadly toys.

Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen joked in a speech that, given Singapore's tiny size, and the 90km/h top speed of their armoured infantry carriers, that at home, "a training exercise might be finished in 15 minutes".

So they train in Taiwan, the United States, India, Australia, New Zealand and assorted other countries, with permanent air force bases in France, the United States and Western Australia.

Now they're sizing up the New Zealand Air Force base at Ohakea in the Manawatu to house a squadron of F-15 fighter jets.

Singapore’s government is reportedly considering to train its F-15 fighter jet pilots in New Zealand’s Ohakea air base. Why do they need F-15s in the first place? Because, like New Zealanders, they are being blackmailed by the global arms racket.

Singaporeans have been conditioned [brainwashed] to be afraid of annexation by its neighbours....:kma:

Singapore’s government is reportedly considering to train its F-15 fighter jet pilots in New Zealand’s Ohakea air base. Why do they need F-15s in the first place? Because, like New Zealanders, they are being blackmailed by the global arms racket.

Singaporeans have been conditioned [brainwashed] to be afraid of annexation by its neighbours....:kma:

[21] Prohibited grounds of discrimination – (g) ethnic or national origins, which includes nationality or citizenship e.g.

The Chief Executive's distorted ruling that Singaporeans' CPF Savings are pensions, benefits and allowances will adversely affect only Singapore Citizens, because all other nationalities have been returned their CPF SAVINGS. Mr John Key (ex-Prime Minister of New Zealand) has collected his TAX-FREE CPF Savings (along with thousands of NZ Citizens and other nationalities).

[65] Indirect discrimination

Where any conduct, practice, requirement, or condition that is not apparently in contravention of any provision of this Part has the effect of treating a person or group of persons differently on 1 of the prohibited grounds of discrimination in a situation where such treatment would be unlawful under any provision of this Part other than this section, that conduct, practice, condition, or requirement shall be unlawful under that provision unless the person whose conduct or practice is in issue, or who imposes the condition or requirement, establishes good reason for it.

66 Victimisation – (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to treat or threaten to treat any other person less favourably than he or she would treat other persons in the same or substantially similar circumstances.

What is the above not understandable to the New Zealand Human Rights Commission and The New Zealand Human Rights Review Tribunal?

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED

A valid complaint filed three and a half years ago has been denied a date set for trial, under the guise of "investigations" and "tailored discovery". Isn't this political collusion?

[21] Prohibited grounds of discrimination – (g) ethnic or national origins, which includes nationality or citizenship e.g.

The Chief Executive's distorted ruling that Singaporeans' CPF Savings are pensions, benefits and allowances will adversely affect only Singapore Citizens, because all other nationalities have been returned their CPF SAVINGS. Mr John Key (ex-Prime Minister of New Zealand) has collected his TAX-FREE CPF Savings (along with thousands of NZ Citizens and other nationalities).

[65] Indirect discrimination

Where any conduct, practice, requirement, or condition that is not apparently in contravention of any provision of this Part has the effect of treating a person or group of persons differently on 1 of the prohibited grounds of discrimination in a situation where such treatment would be unlawful under any provision of this Part other than this section, that conduct, practice, condition, or requirement shall be unlawful under that provision unless the person whose conduct or practice is in issue, or who imposes the condition or requirement, establishes good reason for it.

66 Victimisation – (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to treat or threaten to treat any other person less favourably than he or she would treat other persons in the same or substantially similar circumstances.

What is the above not understandable to the New Zealand Human Rights Commission and The New Zealand Human Rights Review Tribunal?

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED

A valid complaint filed three and a half years ago has been denied a date set for trial, under the guise of "investigations" and "tailored discovery". Isn't this political collusion?

Parents say their son is a shadow of his former self since the horrific beating.

The parents of a promising business student fear for his future after a vicious, unprovoked attack by two men armed with a screwdriver and hammer that they say has left him a shell of his former self.

Rui Shu was severely beaten and robbed by two yet-to-be-identified men just metres from his Whangarei home on January 3.

His father Sam Shu told the Herald he fears his son may never fully recover from the attack.

Sam, and Rui's mum, May Zhang, believe their son is suffering post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as he routinely "shuts all the windows and doors, and closes all the curtains due to fear".

Rui's eyes were cut with the screwdriver, Sam said, and his jaw, cheek, nose and eye sockets broken.

In the student's bag was a passport, bank cards, cash, two laptops and a cellphone.

Zhang said the seemingly random attack has left her son living in pain and fear "every minute, hour after hour, day and night".
"My son stays at home alone with his untreated face and shuts all the windows and doors and closes all the curtains due to fear, while I am working during the day," she said.

"People walk on the street and they have done nothing wrong. Then all of a sudden, they get seriously assaulted, which destroys their well-being for the rest of their lives."

In January, Detective Constable Alistair Todd said the assault was a "horrific, unprovoked attack by two cowards".

"The Whangarei community will not tolerate this type of disgusting behaviour," he said.

THE QUESTION IS - WERE THESE ATTACKERS CAUGHT, ARRESTED AND JAILED?

Sure, the community will not tolerate this type of behavior - TALK IS EASY

Parents say their son is a shadow of his former self since the horrific beating.

The parents of a promising business student fear for his future after a vicious, unprovoked attack by two men armed with a screwdriver and hammer that they say has left him a shell of his former self.

Rui Shu was severely beaten and robbed by two yet-to-be-identified men just metres from his Whangarei home on January 3.

His father Sam Shu told the Herald he fears his son may never fully recover from the attack.

Sam, and Rui's mum, May Zhang, believe their son is suffering post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as he routinely "shuts all the windows and doors, and closes all the curtains due to fear".

Rui's eyes were cut with the screwdriver, Sam said, and his jaw, cheek, nose and eye sockets broken.

In the student's bag was a passport, bank cards, cash, two laptops and a cellphone.

Zhang said the seemingly random attack has left her son living in pain and fear "every minute, hour after hour, day and night".
"My son stays at home alone with his untreated face and shuts all the windows and doors and closes all the curtains due to fear, while I am working during the day," she said.

"People walk on the street and they have done nothing wrong. Then all of a sudden, they get seriously assaulted, which destroys their well-being for the rest of their lives."

In January, Detective Constable Alistair Todd said the assault was a "horrific, unprovoked attack by two cowards".

"The Whangarei community will not tolerate this type of disgusting behaviour," he said.

THE QUESTION IS - WERE THESE ATTACKERS CAUGHT, ARRESTED AND JAILED?

Sure, the community will not tolerate this type of behavior - TALK IS EASY

"Our concern is the continuing robberies and brutal attacks on shop owners and
small businesses in public places," Kaushal said.

"Our concern is the safety of residents, which is a fundamental right. Our concern is, the law-and-order situation appears out of control."

He said six shops in Auckland have been robbed during the past 10 days, including the Crown Superette in Mt Roskill where a group of seven offenders attacked and seriously injured the dairy owner and his wife.

The dairy owner is still in hospital with a badly damaged arm and has already undergone four surgeries, Kaushal said.

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40 people to a property, eight people to a room: inside the nightmare that is renting in Queenstown

Behind the affluent image of luxurious resorts and million dollar homes there is another, far darker side to life in Queenstown. Peter Newport investigates the shocking state of the town’s rental market and what it means for those caught up in it.

Here’s the menu: $125 a week for a single room (multiple beds/bunks) shared with up to four other people, $200/$250 for a single room in a shared house, $350/$450 for a single room with its own bathroom in a shared house, $750/$1,400 a week for a basic house or townhouse.

In my first week of research I discovered a house where overseas tenants had their passports taken off them as collateral, hot water or the internet were turned off as a punishment for complaining about the lack of heating, and the tenants were blackmailed with losing their jobs if they revealed the conditions at the house.

Another place I visited had rats and mice running around (in their own droppings), 17 people crammed into an apartment that was just a third of one house, broken windows, doors and floors – plus the landlord had put a one hour timer on each of the 1960’s vintage heaters.

A tenant I spoke to said that one single room had been partitioned with plywood to create beds for eight people.

“The conditions being applied by some private Queenstown landlords are wrong,” said Baillie. He says it’s not the overseas rental market investors that are causing the trouble, but domestic, Kiwi landlords. Baillie blames these local landlords for the caravans in driveways and the trench warfare conditions in the Queenstown rental market. “It’s the overseas investors that are using rental agencies and doing things by the book,” he tells me. He might be right.

"Our concern is the continuing robberies and brutal attacks on shop owners and
small businesses in public places," Kaushal said.

"Our concern is the safety of residents, which is a fundamental right. Our concern is, the law-and-order situation appears out of control."

He said six shops in Auckland have been robbed during the past 10 days, including the Crown Superette in Mt Roskill where a group of seven offenders attacked and seriously injured the dairy owner and his wife.

The dairy owner is still in hospital with a badly damaged arm and has already undergone four surgeries, Kaushal said.

The fight, which involved about eight young men on March 18, prompted numerous calls to police. Polyfest was taking place at the nearby Manukau Sports Bowl, with the organisers calling it "disgusting behaviour".

Police told Newshub the offenders were "long gone by the time we arrived". No one was arrested on the day.

The fight, which involved about eight young men on March 18, prompted numerous calls to police. Polyfest was taking place at the nearby Manukau Sports Bowl, with the organisers calling it "disgusting behaviour".

Police told Newshub the offenders were "long gone by the time we arrived". No one was arrested on the day.

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'They can't just disappear without a trace'

Two women, both disappearing from the same track near Piha, have left police baffled and families asking "what happened?"

"It was heartbreaking, it was absolutely heartbreaking not knowing, and still not knowing," said Darren Roberts, the brother of Cherie Vousden, who vanished in 2012.

A coroner's report concluded that Vousden likely drowned in the ocean, however Roberts said "there is always that thought of other scenarios".

Bambus, a Middlemore Hospital nurse, hasn't been seen or heard from since Friday morning. She had told friends she was going for a run along the trail.

Australian woman Fiona Hamilton fell 60m to her death along the track in 2006, hitting a ledge about 50 metres from the bottom and dying instantly.

Rachel added: "If they are falling into the ocean, why is nothing floating up, why is nothing showing up?"

Iraena Asher also disappeared from the Piha area in 2004. She was last seen walking towards the beach by a couple walking their dog about 2am on October 11, 2004.

Although her body was never found, a 2012 coroner's inquest ruled she had likely drowned, and that her death was accidental. ACCIDENTAL? OR COVER-UP?

40 people to a property, eight people to a room: inside the nightmare that is renting in Queenstown

Behind the affluent image of luxurious resorts and million dollar homes there is another, far darker side to life in Queenstown. Peter Newport investigates the shocking state of the town’s rental market and what it means for those caught up in it.

Here’s the menu: $125 a week for a single room (multiple beds/bunks) shared with up to four other people, $200/$250 for a single room in a shared house, $350/$450 for a single room with its own bathroom in a shared house, $750/$1,400 a week for a basic house or townhouse.

In my first week of research I discovered a house where overseas tenants had their passports taken off them as collateral, hot water or the internet were turned off as a punishment for complaining about the lack of heating, and the tenants were blackmailed with losing their jobs if they revealed the conditions at the house.

Another place I visited had rats and mice running around (in their own droppings), 17 people crammed into an apartment that was just a third of one house, broken windows, doors and floors – plus the landlord had put a one hour timer on each of the 1960’s vintage heaters.

A tenant I spoke to said that one single room had been partitioned with plywood to create beds for eight people.

“The conditions being applied by some private Queenstown landlords are wrong,” said Baillie. He says it’s not the overseas rental market investors that are causing the trouble, but domestic, Kiwi landlords. Baillie blames these local landlords for the caravans in driveways and the trench warfare conditions in the Queenstown rental market. “It’s the overseas investors that are using rental agencies and doing things by the book,” he tells me. He might be right.

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Academics say they are being pressured to change assessments, ignore cheating and pass incompetent students so their institutions can pocket the students' fees.

The union's Manukau Institute of Technology branch president Jill Jones said her faculty was given a target to pass 85 per cent of students.

"We have been pressured to change assessments, ignore cheating, pass students who are between 45 and 48 per cent," one academic said.

Another said: "The emphasis on successful completion rates is hurting education standards. Lecturers [are] under intense pressure to pass students by managers; leading to acts of shameful manipulations, low quality assessments and exams."

A student caught cheating three times was still allowed to pass the course, his lecturer says.

The former lecturer, who asked to remain anonymous, said he resigned from the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) in protest after the institute refused to discipline the student.

"The Head of Faculty refused to discipline or sanction the student, and instead tried to place the blame for the student cheating on to me for being too strict with marking," the lecturer said.

"Appeals by me to the Student Conduct Manual fell on deaf ears, and the Head of Faculty decision to give the student three free passes on cheating was supported at the highest level of management.

"Working in New Zealand tertiary education feels like working in the twilight zone, where students receiving a fail grade are always an unacceptable outcome for management, and student cheating is reframed as 'staff failing to provide adequate student support'.

"It's not just MIT. In my experience as an academic moderator, it's [almost] everywhere, both private and state-funded tertiary education."

40 people to a property, eight people to a room: inside the nightmare that is renting in Queenstown

Behind the affluent image of luxurious resorts and million dollar homes there is another, far darker side to life in Queenstown. Peter Newport investigates the shocking state of the town’s rental market and what it means for those caught up in it.

Here’s the menu: $125 a week for a single room (multiple beds/bunks) shared with up to four other people, $200/$250 for a single room in a shared house, $350/$450 for a single room with its own bathroom in a shared house, $750/$1,400 a week for a basic house or townhouse.

In my first week of research I discovered a house where overseas tenants had their passports taken off them as collateral, hot water or the internet were turned off as a punishment for complaining about the lack of heating, and the tenants were blackmailed with losing their jobs if they revealed the conditions at the house.

Another place I visited had rats and mice running around (in their own droppings), 17 people crammed into an apartment that was just a third of one house, broken windows, doors and floors – plus the landlord had put a one hour timer on each of the 1960’s vintage heaters.

A tenant I spoke to said that one single room had been partitioned with plywood to create beds for eight people.

“The conditions being applied by some private Queenstown landlords are wrong,” said Baillie. He says it’s not the overseas rental market investors that are causing the trouble, but domestic, Kiwi landlords. Baillie blames these local landlords for the caravans in driveways and the trench warfare conditions in the Queenstown rental market. “It’s the overseas investors that are using rental agencies and doing things by the book,” he tells me. He might be right.

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P Nation: meth contamination making more NZ houses uninhabitable

A three-bedroom stripped-down house in Titoki Place in Pukete (Hamilton) that was decontaminated of methamphetamine was sold at an auction for $410,000 on Wednesday.

The house in Lockwood, marketed as “previously contaminated”, had been stripped to bare walls and ceiling. “Pukete is an established suburb with an average house sale price of $542,800,” said a report.

“There is a problem right throughout New Zealand,” said estate agents Harcourts Hamilton general manager Brian King.

“An experiment done in Auckland proved that nearly all banknotes tested positive for meth. Yet a public emergency wasn’t declared and the notes weren’t burnt but these were at the same levels that houses were being tested at and people being told to get out of their houses,” said Dr Nick Kim, Massey University environmental chemistry senior lecturer.

The fight, which involved about eight young men on March 18, prompted numerous calls to police. Polyfest was taking place at the nearby Manukau Sports Bowl, with the organisers calling it "disgusting behaviour".

Police told Newshub the offenders were "long gone by the time we arrived". No one was arrested on the day.

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Crimechurch is Living Up to its Reputation, Again. Armed Robberies and Businesses Driven out of Town

Thinking of emigrating to New Zealand because its such a peaceful place with a low crime rate? think again.

Christchurch was living up to its reputation for crime well before the Canterbury earthquakes made the small city the earthquake capital of New Zealand.